Going back to KC, and I’m glad. Gordon in a another team’s uniform would be weird. The KC blue just seems to suit him.
The Royals gave the 32 year old, gold glove outfielder, a lot of money, $72 million over 4 years, pending a physical.
Here’s a link to cbssports.com.
FYI: I have to agree with Sark, Gordon’s homer in game 1 of the World Series, pretty much ended the Mets chances.
10/27/2015- Conniption Shots don’t come much bigger than this one. Alex Gordon tied Game 1 of the 2015 World Series, in the bottom of the ninth, by hitting a Jeurys Familia pitch into an absolute CONNIPTION.
I’m quite certain Eric Hosmer, whose error in the eighth gave the Mets the lead, was happier than Gordon and I don’t blame him. The media was trying to hang the “Bill Buckner” monicker on him before the game was over.
For Tigers fans, remember when we used to see Jose Miguel Cabrera hit balls into a Conniption like Gordon did? And in key situations. I hope those days aren’t over.
The Tigers have looked very good in taking the first two games of the weekend series against the Royals in Kansas City.
Last night, Freeway Rick, pitched seven complete innings. He allowed two earned, struck out 6 and walked none. The Tigers offense got him eight runs, and the bullpen, Krol and Reed, finished the game. The Tigers won 8-2.
Tonight, Drew Smyly pitched seven complete, scoreless innings, the offense followed up last nights outburst with nine more runs tonight. The Tigers won 9-2.
I’m seeing a nice recipe for success. Strong starting pitching and a new look offense.
I’m getting more encouraged regarding the Tigers offense this year. As, Eric Karros pointed out on the broadcast this evening, the Tigers aren’t standing around waiting for a three run homer to score.
A great example of this new, Tigers, offense was how they scored their first run. In the fourth inning, the bases were loaded with Miggy on third, and one out. Castellanos hit a shallow fly ball to gold glove, left fielder Alex Gordon. Gordon made the catch. To the astonishment of everybody watching, Miggy tagged up and went home. Gordon had flipped the ball to the infielder and by the time the ball was relayed to the plate, Miggy scored easily.
It worked this time and I like the new look, but given that situation again, I wouldn’t recommend a second try.
The only sour note of the fist two games was Phil Coke’s ninth inning tonight. He came in with a 9-0 run lead and gave up two runs. The most worrisome part of Coke’s pitching was that he got hit hard by left handers. He gave up a single to Nori Aoki, a double to Eric Hosmer and a double to Alex Gordon.
In Phil’s defense, I thought he struck out Aoki but didn’t get the call. I guess that how things go when you’re running bad. If Coke is going to be of any value in the future however, he needs to get lefties out.
JV goes for the sweep tomorrow.
“God I love baseball.” Roy Hobbs | The Natural
The Tigers took the rubber game of this series courtesy of Max Scherzer and Alex Avila.
Max pitched more than well enough to get his 20th win this season but his offense, once again, hung him out to dry. Max pitched seven strong innings. He allowed only one run on a solo shot from Alex Gordon. He struck out 12 and walked only one.
Max left the game leading 2-1 but lost his 20th win when Drew Smyly surrendered the tying run in the top of the 8th. However, Smyly surrendering the tying run isn’t the story of this game. The story of this game, and the season, is that the Tigers’ offense BLOWS!
Let me be clear, I don’t care what the statistics say, this offense is pathetic. As a team the Tigers left 10 runners on base. Individually, Martinez left 4 on base and Dirks and Infante left 5. I can’t wait for Peralta to get back to see what he can do in left field. It is hard for me to believe that he’ll be worse than Dirks.
Max Scherzer picked Emilio Bonifacio off of first base in the first inning continuing the Tigers’ recent success of shutting down the opposing running game. In fact, this is the third game in a row that Tigers pitchers have picked off a base runner.
What can I say about Alex A Squared Money Avila? He’s hit .313 since the All-Star break and accounted for all three Tigers runs today. He hit a two run homer in the bottom of the second to give the Tigers an early 2-0 lead and a solo shot in the bottom of the 8th to break the 2-2 tie and give the Tigers a much needed series win.
I wonder if Jim Leyland is second guessing his decision to have Nick Castellanos pinch hit for Avila in the 7th inning last night? Although I forgot to mention it in the post, that was one of the worst moves I’ve seen JL make.
The Mariners come to town tomorrow.
“God, I love baseball.” – Roy Hobbs | The Natural
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